The Parson O' Dumford

The Parson O' Dumford is a charming and adventurous novel about a new vicar in the tiny town of Dumford. Excerpt: «Give him time,» he said to himself; and he smoked on, amused at the fellow's rough independence. He had been told that he would find Dumford a strange place, with a rough set of people; but nothing daunted, he had accepted the living, and had made up his mind how to act. At last, the workman spoke."